Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a choppy note Wednesday as investors await direction from key global and domestic events scheduled this week.
In the previous session, the 30-share gauge settled 10.25 points or 0.03 per cent higher at 38,730.82, while the Nifty ended 2.70 points, or 0.02 per cent, lower at 11,555.90.
Meanwhile, the Indian rupee depreciated 15 paise to 68.66 against the US dollar.
The global oil benchmark Brent crude futures were trading 0.89 per cent higher at 64.73 per barrel.
